Revolving door and cabinet



1951 w. J. KURSTIN ET AL 2, 64,485

REVOLVING DOOR AND CABINET Filed July 24, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 1951 w.J. KURSTIN ETAL 2,564,485

REVOLVING DOOR AND CABINET Filed July 24, 1947 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 lllllllm I W 'l" 5 L IIIII HIIHIIHHI Patented Aug. I4, 1951 REVOLVINGnoon AND CABINET William J. Kurstin and Vito M. Renna, Los Angeles,Calif.; said lflurstin assignor to said Renna Application July 24, 1947,Serial No. 763,178

8 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in buildingconstruction and more particularly to a revolving door and cabinet orcloset construction, the primary object of the invention being toprovide a combination cabinet, closet, or the like, and revolving doorwhich will save space, provide greater shelf space, allow for greaterhanging space, permit greater and more simple accessibility to thecontents of the cabinet or closet and permit said contents to be readilyaired and sprayed when desired.

A further object of the invention resides in providing a device of thecharacter mentioned which may be readily and quickly installed in newbuildings or installed in old structures with.

cation,

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of our improved door and cabinetconstruction as applied to a structure, the latter being broken away,

Figure 2 is a vertical section therethrough, as seen on the line 22 ofFigure 1,

Figure 3 is a horizontal section through the structure as seen on theline 3-3 of Figure 1,

Figure 4 is a front elevation, showing the door revolved to a positiondiametrically opposite that shown in Figure 1,

Figure 5 is an enlarged front elevation, showing the door partiallyrevolved,

Figure 6 is a vertical sectional view, as seen on the line 6-6 of Figure5, showin the upper swivel construction, and

Figure '7 is a similar view, as seen on the line 1-1 of Figure 5,showing the ball-bearing lower swivel connection with the door.

In small apartments, the usual complaint is lack of closet or cabinetspace. When there are sufiicient closets or cabinets, same are usuallyinadequate in space and otherwise improperly designed. They are dark,lack shelf space and do not permit of ready access to the contents,

' either for removal or for airing and spraying.

inet.

Even when a closet is spacious, such as may be provided in homes orlarge apartments, ready access to the contents for airing and sprayingthereof is usually not possible. It is the purpose of our invention toovercome these difi1- culties by the provision of a combinationrevolving door and cabinet or closet, which may be initially providedwhen the apartment or home is constructed or which may be installed withslight alteration to a closet or cabinet already in existence.

In describing the invention, we shall refer to the drawings in whichsimilar reference characters designate correspondin parts throughout theseveral views and in which the numeral l designates the wall of astructure in which there is formed a cavity 2 constituting a closet orcab- Surrounding the opening forming this cavity 2 and secured in anydesired fashion to the wall I is the doorway frame 3. Mounted in thecorners of the cavity 2 in vertically spaced relation are the shelf-likemembers 4, which may be made of wood, plastic, metal or any otherdesired material and the inner opposed edges of said shelf members arearcuately designed as shown at 5, for a purpose to be hereinafter andmore particularly set forth. Whereas, we have shown in the drawings foursuch shelves in each corner of the closet or cavity, one spaced abovethe other, it will be understood that a lesser or greater number may beprovided, as desired. These shelves, obviously, permit of the storagethereon of any desired articles which a housewife may wish to keepconcealed, but readily accessible.

An essential feature of our invention is the closure for this closet orcavity, which will provide a function other than a mere closure. To thisend, we provide a door or closure 6, the frame of which is divided intothree panels I, 8 and 9. The outer panels 1 and 9 are flat panels ofwood, plastic, metal or any other desired material, the intermediatepanel 8 having a mirror applied to the outer face thereof. Thisintermediate panel 8 with the mirrored outer face is formed into ahinged closure which opens into a closet or compartment in formed on therear face of the closure or door 6 by a semi-cylindrical wall H, theedges of the latter being mounted in strips l 2 on the rear face of saidclosure, as best illustrated in Figure 3 of the drawings. Thissemi-cylindrical wall H has a top l3 and a bottom l4 and secured to saidwall I I in spaced relation between the top and bottom I3 and M are theshelves l5. Thus, it will be 3 seen that the closure 6 for the cavity orcloset 2 is provided in itself with an additional compartment which isparticularly useful in supporting and, concealing linens, bed coveringsand the like.

Supported on the peripheral face of the semicylindrical wall I Iadjacent theupper .endthereof and projecting radially outwardly fromsaid wall is the semi-circular shelf I6, upon which may be supportedhats, or other articles. A semicircular rod I! having its ends mountedin the cross-bars I8 secured on the rear face of the closure 6 providesan arcuate, rack for, hanging of clothes thereon. This baror, rack I! isspaced radially outward from the wall H to permit the freedom of thehanging of clothes on said rack. Secured to the panels 1 and 9adjacentthe lower ends thereof are the ends of a semi-circular rod l9and slightly below this rod l9 supported n..the,.bott oml I4 is asemi-circularshelflfl.

V -"I'his rack .or. bar [9, and the lower shelf Ziicon- .stltute a shoerack for the storage of numerous Mpairsof shoes.

qgThenclosure j 5. is adapted to be revolvably .mounted.i11. the door frame, 3.

lthis idea, .we provide a ball-bearing structure 2 Lbetweenithelower endof the closure 5; and .the. base, of; thejrame of the cavity,v as .showno..in,Figure, '7, andgthe closure 8 is provided-at its upper endcentrally with a swivel pintle 22 fitting in a, socket 23 in the frame5. This-con- ,sti-tutes..a.-most.simple swivel and ball-bearingstructure to-.p erm,it of thegclosure 6 being read-.i,1y:irevolvedjnjrthe.floor frame, .but it*will., be

understood thatany. other. form of .swivel'and ..ball -bearing"construction ,may' be utilized,

desired.

JIIhus-itwill, beseen. that when the ;closure 6 zeis positioned asshown. Figure, ,1, articlesof a-iwearingaapparel,linens; andyariousother ar- ;tiG1 3Y be.concealedwithin. the cavity or elo s et.. space..Thenmirrorgin the central panel ";--.of the\ closurewill serve -,its..1,1sual, us ef.ul. func- :;-tion.-;and-. without, revolving the.closure, access may xbe,readi-ly ,had to. linens. and otherarticleswwhich. maybe stored in the. closetspace or comapartment :18 .provided.intherclosure m6. jiflfhe =-,mirror.ed. closure or ,panel 8 11 .may thereadily -op.ened .by pulling; onthe handle 21;. Access.- to

theecavity orflcloset 2,;may .be..had bvpartially 50 arevolving the1:,closure 6 ,and. to facilitate the ';:movement. gbyqpulling, weprovide the. handles 525; on thisiclosure. [It is apparentthrough ;therevolving of the closure to a position as shown .;in Figure 4. thatready access. may .be ,hadto the articlesithatimay-be supported on therear'jace :pf said-closure, whether same. arehangingfrom .thegrack; l1,supported, ongtheshoe rack l 9,, .or rcarried onthe shelf, I5. Bypartially revolving rgtthe-closuregfi toga position as shown imhigure 55itqwillzbei-seenthat entr to .the cavity. 2 may .-.be: had to. eitherremove articlesfrom the .shelves 41hr ;for:'dressing; room; purposes,the mirror ,on

the central =pane1 being useful in .thisconnection. 2 The. designing ofthe .shelves .4 .with, arcuate d -1 5,. aS-. aforesaid, Dermitsbf .the.door,or .gtolosureyt to be readily revolved withoutscontact ith :the:said: shelves and :said shelves .so, degned constitute ways betweenwhichthe door =may,readilyrevolve.

' The V n-described construction-is characterized :both. by:advantageous, configuration of. the? en- --..cloed:-;spaces and by. fulluseofhtheavailable 535133198; Withrrespect. tosadvantageousconfiguration, it is to be noted that the space in which In. carryingout clothes are suspended from the rack 11 (see Figure 3) is of annularconfiguration and is uniform in width or radial dimension. Thisarrangement permits the clothes to hang in series 5 with full width foreach garment. The garments most often needed may be placed next to thedoor, at both ends of the arcuate rack ll. It will be noted, thatwhenclothes-tare. arranged in this manner a space is left near the axisof 1() curvature of the arcuate rack H but this space is occupied by thecompartment I5. To make :this; relationship possible, the compartment [5must be located near the axis of rotation of the .door and the lateralextent or dimension of the 15 central compartment measured radially mustbe substantially less than the width of the door. ,When the; centralcompartment is so located and so dimensioned, it provides the desiredspace for' the hung garments which space extends radially outward fromthe inner compartment towards'the circle defined by the swingingmove-=ment of a vertical edge of the door. "This outer circle 'is shown inbroken lines in Figure 3.

We have shown and described thisconstruc- 5-tion r as particularlyapplicable to a wall of a structure, but it will be readilyunderstood'that this: construction may be applicable. 110 a cabinet -separatefrom. a wallrstructure and. to .this extent we: do not wish to belimited to installation to. homesor apartments, since acabinetzof thisconstructionmay be readily built and sold to the ;;publlc. as' a-.unitfor use anywhere.

*From 1 the foregoing description of the "con- "'struction of our.improved revolvingdoorzand -..cabineto1tcloset structure,'.themethod 'ofconstruction and application: to 'usewill- 'be-ireadily understood andit will be.seen'that'we havez-provided a comparatively simple,'inexpensivesand efficient means forcarrying out: the various-ob--"40'-jects of'the invention. While -we have pa rti'cu- :la'rly'described the elements-bestadapted' to per form the functions set forth,it is apparent that "various changes in form-proportion and-in the*minordetails of construction may be" -resorted I to without departingfrom the spirit" or-sacrificing to the circle defined by the swinging'side' edge of the door, said space being. of' sufficient-radialdimension to accommodate ahung garment and "structure supported by saiddoor in itheifupper region of said'space to. suspend garments in-saidspace.

' 2; 'In a" closet or-cabinet'construction; walls forming a cavity with"an opening at 'theffront, a door for said opening mounted for rotationabout an uprightaxis, a compartment mounted on the winner side of saiddoor in the region of said: axis uwith an opening in the door foraccessto the compartment,.the lateral extent of saidcompa'rtment .measured.radially of saidaxis being substantially less than the samemeasurement. 'of the door; to

7 provide back of the door a space extending radially from thecompartment to the circle defined by the swinging side edge of the door,said space being of suihcient radial dimension to accommodate a hunggarment, and a shelf supported by said door in the upper region of saidspace.

3. In a closet or cabinet construction a combination as set forth inclaim 1 in which said structure to suspend garments comprises anelongated member curved substantially concentric to said axis andadapted to carry conventional clothes hangers.

4. In a closet or cabinet construction, walls forming a cavity with anopening at the front, a door for said opening mounted for rotation aboutan upright axis, a compartment mounted on the inner side of said door inthe region of said axis with an opening in the door for access to thecompartment, the lateral extent of said compartment measured radially ofsaid axis being substantially less than the same measurement of innerside of said door in the region of said axis .1

with an opening in the door for access to the compartment, the lateralextent of said compartment measured radially of said axis beingsubstantially less than the same measurement of the door to provide backof the door a space extending radially from the compartment to thecircle defined by the swinging side edge of the door, said space beingof sufficient radial dimension to accommodate a hung garment, astructure supported'by said door in the upper region of said space tosuspend garments in said space, and a shelf supported by said door inthe lower region of said space.

6. In a closet or cabinet construction, walls forming a cavity with anopening at the front, a door for said opening mounted for rotation aboutan upright axis, means including an upright arcuate wall mounted on theinner side of said door forming an inner compartment, said door havingan opening for access to the compartment, the lateral extent of saidcompartment measured radially of said axis being substantially less thanthe same measurement of the door to provide back of the door a spaceextending radially from the compartment to the circle defined by theswinging side edge of the door, said space being of sufficient radialdimension to accommodate a hung garment, and structure supported by saiddoor in the upper region of said space to suspend garments in saidspace.

'7. In a closet or cabinet construction, Walls forming a cavity with anopening at the front, a door for said opening mounted for rotation aboutan upright axis, a compartment mounted on the inner side of said door inthe region of said axis with an opening in the door for access to thecompartment, said compartment extending upward from a level near thelower edge of said door to a, level near the upper edge of the door, thelateral extent of said compartment measured radially of said axis beingsubstantially less than the same measurement of the door to provide backof the door a space extending radially from the cornpartment to thecircle defined by the swinging edge of the door, said space being ofsuificient radial dimension to accommodate a hung garment, and a closurefor said compartment mounted on said door.

8. In a closet or cabinet construction, a wall having a depressionforming a cavity therein, a frame for said cavity, shelves mounted inthe corners of said cavity distant from the opening leading to saidcavity, a door for said cavity revolvably mounted at the top and bottomthereof in the frame of said cavity, a panel hinged to said door to forman auxiliary closure, an arcuate wall mounted on the rear face of saiddoor and forming with said auxiliary closure an intermediate closet,shelves mounted on said arcuate Wall to support articles 'within saidintermediate closet, additional shelves mounted on the rear face of saiddoor and partially surrounding said arcuate wall for support of furtherarticles thereon, and a rack mounted on the rear face of said doorpartially surrounding said arcuate wall for the support of additionalarticles.

WILLIAM J. KURS'ITN. VITO M. RENNA.

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